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Roy Cromarty

In memory of:

Private Roy Cromarty

December 18, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

790949

Age:

34

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

47th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

August 6, 1883
Chilliwack, British Columbia

Enlistment:

April 19, 1916
New Westminister, British Columbia

His real name was Sam Roy Garner.

Commemorated on Page 223 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

L. 28.

Location:

Bruay is a large village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 6 kilometres south-west of Bethune and 26 kilometres north-west of Arras. Leave Bruay on the N.41 heading north towards Berck. Turn right where signposts indicate Lews/Calonne Riquart. After 400 metres turn right again, sign Cimetiere Ouest. Continue up the hill past the miner memorial. The cemetery is found after one kilometre on the right hand side. The Commonwealth plot is in the far right hand corner.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CRABB TO CROSSLAND Microform Sequence 24; Volume Number 31829_B016733. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 168. Page 637 of 788.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CRABB TO CROSSLAND Microform Sequence 24; Volume Number 31829_B016733. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 168. Page 637 of 788.
  • Photo of ROY CROMARTY– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of ROY CROMARTY
    Photo of ROY CROMARTY – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Chilliwack Progress. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Chilliwack Progress. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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